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I know you have to buy the switch for the console, would their be additional wiring that would need to be installed. I am considering at doing this retrofit since my car did not come with it. Can you provide information, thanks.

I dunno...the thread below this one had two replies from two different Tischer employees I'll email them once I get my current project done, but I thought it might be useful to have the info posted since obviously more people than just me are interested.

I know you have to buy the switch for the console, would their be additional wiring that would need to be installed. I am considering at doing this retrofit since my car did not come with it. Can you provide information, thanks.

That part number, 51468223046, is just for the replacement shade unit by itself(for a vehicle that was equipped with that option from the factory) - it's not offered as a complete retrofit kit. I'm sure there would be additional parts needed in order to do this, but we don't have a parts list available from BMW. The only rear sunshade that's offered for the coupes is the manual-operation version: